THE DIFFERENCE

Can you imagine if you had invented a medicine

that actually worked.  It healed people, once and

for all as they say.

Then you would begin to sell it to people and people

would begin to get healed without going to a doctor.

You and I know that you would be in BIG trouble.  In

this country the FDA and the DEA would both have

you in trouble.

That is about the situation that Peter and John were

in.  They had healed a man crippled from birth by 

the mighty power of God.  Of course they did not

have the permission the the authorities.The powers 

that be did not like it.  Peter and John were taken 

in before the highest authorities in the land and in 

trouble.

Then we read;

"The members of the council were amazed

when they saw the boldness of Peter and 

John, for they could see that they were 

ordinary men with no special training in

the Scriptures.  They also recognized them

as men who had been with Jesus."

(Acts 413 NLT)

I just love this.  Here are two fishermen that are

standing before the Supreme Court of their land

in trouble for performing a miracle.  But the 

high powered smarties they were standing before

could not have done it if they wanted.

What was the difference?

Peter and John had been with Jesus the very 

creator of earth and sustainer of life it's self.

And these smarties only had an education and

some authority handed to them.

I cannot quote it exactly but I have read several

times that Martin Luther said something like this:

"I have so much work to do today that if I do not

spend at least three hours in prayer I will never 

get it done."

Martin Luther knew the answer.  Spend time with

Jesus.  Numbers of times when becoming completely 

baffled God would give me the answer after spending

time in prayer.

Go on and try to do it on your own if you want,

But for me, I want to spend more time with Jesus

first.